The U.S. Supreme Court Makes Major Decision on IQ Testing in Death Penalty Cases
The U.S. Supreme Court has handed down a landmark decision concerning how state’s can determine mental disabilities in death penalty cases. A Florida appeals attorney explains the background and meaning of the ruling. How the Case Came Before the Court In 1978, Freddie Hall was convicted of murdering Karol Hurst, a 21-year-old pregnant woman. Hall […]
5 children drowned by their mother, Andrea Yates
Andrea Yates, Texas Mother Who Drowned Her Five Children Her oldest child would have been 20 years old this year. Her youngest would have been 14, while the children in between them would be 15, 17, and 19 years old. Five children, all under the age of seven, had their lives taken in June 2001 […]
Colton Harris-Moore, 18 year old “Barefoot Bandit”
Catch Him if You Can: The Barefoot Bandit When Colton Harris-Moore was just 18 years old, he was being chased around the world by police for his crimes. The elusive chase would go on for two years before he was finally caught and captured by police in the Bahamas. Colton was not your average teenage […]
Kenneth Minor: The Hit Man Hired by the Victim
Jeffrey Locker was a successful motivational speaker and author living in a beautiful home with three children in an affluent area of Long Island, New York. Life was going well for him, until the market crashed in 2008, and a year later, he decided that he needed to do the unthinkable to help and provide […]
